Pathlab Bay of Plenty change in Saturday opening hours
September 03, 2019
Effective 28th September, the Saturday opening times for 8 Grenada St, Mt Maunganui & 829 Cameron Rd, Tauranga collection facilities will change from 7.30am to 8.00am. Closing time remains at 12pm. We would be most grateful if you could amend any paperwork accordingly.
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BOP Saturday opening hours changes
September 03, 2019
Effective 28th September, the Saturday opening times for
8 Grenada St, Mt Maunganui & 829 Cameron Rd, Tauranga
collection facilities will change from 7.30am to 8.00am. Closing time remains at 12.00pm. We are most grateful if you could amend any paperwork accordingly. With many thanks,
Tracey Mayall
, HOD Patient Services
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Microbiology Clinical Details Pre-requisite
August 29, 2019
From Monday 2nd September 2019 brief, pertinent clinical details will be a pre-requisite on all Microbiology specimens. This includes providing the body site from where a specimen has been collected, (e.g. swab). A guide to relevant clinical details is available here on our Pathlab website, www.pathlab.co.nz/providers “Microbiology Clinical Details”, and these changes will be supported by the…
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Axe the Fax
August 02, 2019
Recent advice from the MoH and ACC regarding secure transmission of health data, includes information regarding the soon to become obsolete facsimile technology. Pathlab, like other businesses have many workflows that use fax and we have been working hard to develop alternatives. Request forms - Some clinicians / midwives fax through request forms for patients – the alternative now is to email the…
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Feedback from Consultation on Pre-requisite Clinical Details on all Microbiology Samples
July 29, 2019
Feedback from the consultation document “Clinical details as a pre-requisite for all microbiology samples” was reviewed by the clinical microbiologists and senior staff in the microbiology department. We have decided to trial this policy across the region with a start date of 2nd September 2019. The feedback received centred around the following areas and is summarised below: “The clinical details…
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